Originally Posted by
penguin22
The DOJ can disallow the agreement. Which puts DHL in a corner. DHL has said if the agreement doesn't go thru, they'll pull out of the US. There's alot of folks around here that want to call that bluff, because they've got else nothing to lose.
History lesson 101. When the DOJ feels there is an Anti-Trust issue, which there isn't one here in my opinion, they 99.999% of the time have some kind of "Horse Trading" between the parties and the DOJ.
They very, very rarely kill a deal. Like I said earlier, DHL MAY have to add a little $ to future programs. Or sale there land at a great price back to the City. Which they can then write off against there tax bill.
Like I said, the deal is done. Give it 6 months. UPS and DHL will announce the Deal after Nov.11th. Washington will be in an influx until Feb. 2009. Watch how the big boys play.